National

Why We Need More Native American Nurses

Apr 11, 2018

Our nation’s 5.2 million Native American/Alaskan Native people have long experienced greater health problems than any other group in the U.S., challenging health care providers, researchers, and tribal leaders across Indian reservation communities. They face high levels of more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: National

Generational Trauma, Its Effect on Native Americans, and How Nurses Can Help

*Event

As part of the Native American Nursing Learning Collaborative (NANLC) webinar series to improve health equity for Native Americans, this webinar featured the work of Native American nurse leaders building a culture of health. Specifically, presenters provided an overview of more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Increasing Diversity in Nursing

She Opened the First Nurse-Led Care Practice in West Virginia

Mar 29, 2018

This is the 12th in a series of profiles of Campaign leaders talking about their connections to the nursing or health care profession and their interests in healthier communities. Laure Marino, DNP, APRN, is an assistant professor of nursing at West Virginia University School more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities

Three Legislative Obstacles to Care States Seek to Topple in 2018

Mar 27, 2018

Restrictions on nurses are restrictions on consumers. Consider the Florida family whose beloved relative died at home after a long struggle with cardiac disease. The grieving family soon found out that the trusted nurse practitioner who had provided care for the man more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care

National

From Struggling Against Hunger to Fighting It: One Doctor’s Story

Mar 20, 2018

This is a guest blog by Robin Dickinson, M.D. Dr. Dickinson is a family physician at Community Supported Family Medicine, a safety-net clinic in Englewood, Colo. Having experienced poverty as a child, one of my goals in becoming a physician was to help other families in more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National

County Health and Diversity Measures: Are You Moving the Needle?

*Event

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raopuzxk0Lk The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s annual County Health Rankings & Roadmaps provide a revealing snapshot of how health is influenced by where we live, learn, work and play.  They provide a starting point for change in more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Increasing Diversity in Nursing

National

Nurse Helped Coax the Big Easy to Go Smoke-Free

Feb 28, 2018

When New Orleans’ Mayor Mitch Landrieu expressed interest in exploring a citywide smoking ban, Charlotte Parent, RN, MHCM, then the city’s director of health, was on board. While working as an obstetric nurse, Parent had developed an acute awareness of the effects of more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: Louisiana National

National

Duchess of Cambridge to Kick Off Launch of Global Nursing Campaign

Feb 23, 2018

Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, will participate on Feb. 27 in a launch event of  Nursing Now, a new global campaign to strengthen the nursing profession. more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National